True confessions of an online dating addict #1
Amy Klein
August 7, 2008
Amy Klein\’s \’confessions,\’ in graphic novel format. Illustrated by Amber Shields
Category
August 7, 2008
Zell it, Sam; Cool it, Orit; 40 million Frenchmen
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2008
\” . . . In Fairfax High School, I had a brilliant and wise instructor of advanced placement European History who used to say: \’Do not put all your faith in one man. For surely he will disappoint you.\’ And he also said: \’40 million Frenchmen can be wrong\’ . . .\”\n\n
Motown Jews invade Hollywood
Danielle Berrin
August 7, 2008
For the young Jews of Detroit now living in Hollywood, Bob Aronson might as well be a movie star. The gentle-voiced CEO of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit has the money, power and prestige to throw a respectable Hollywood party. More importantly, he knows the magic ingredient required to attract young, aspiring industry types to the much-stigmatized Jewish mixer: Make it free.
Bosnia genocide unrolls in scroll of shame
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2008
Radovan Karadzic has been arrested. He faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity before the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague. It\’s an occasion to recall the genocide in Bosnia and the shame of those who did not prevent it
Shuls to observe Tisha B’Av through study, films
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2008
Tisha B\’Av — the ninth day of the month of Av — is a day of fasting and mourning to commemorate some of the greatest tragedies to befall the Jewish people, among them the destruction of both Holy Temples in Jerusalem and the expulsion from Spain in 1492
Picture looks bleak for mural adorning former JCC
Rachel Heller
August 7, 2008
The mural was meant to be a collaboration: A public arts agency led the bid for its creation, the surrounding community approved its design and Chicago artist John Pitman Weber stayed in the homes of local residents while he and a team of volunteers painted it during the summer of 1993.
Valley Cities JCC opens doors at new site — a church
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2008
On July 8, when Valley Cities Jewish Community Center (JCC) began operating at its new site — a former church in the heart of a heavily Latino area of Van Nuys — it did so with little fanfare. Instead, the focus was on making the reception comfortable and warm.
Laker Jordan Farmar starts peace ball clinic in Israel; India, and Korea and Israel @ 60
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2008
New Articles
It’s Not a Fairy Tale
Chaim Steinmetz
May 17, 2024
Alleged Paul Kessler Killer Will Stand Trial
Aaron Bandler
May 16, 2024
So Many Holidays, So Little Time – A poem for Parsha Emor
Rick Lupert
May 16, 2024
Israel War Room Discovers How-to-Riot Guide and Pro-Terror Propaganda for College Students
Kylie Ora Lobell
May 16, 2024
Orthodox Jewish Families Fight for Equal Treatment in California Schools
Kylie Ora Lobell
May 16, 2024
More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.